Achromatic landscape lens

Achromatic landscape lens

Lens

Jean Theodore Jamin

Maker
French, d. 1867

Achromatic landscape lens

ca. 1850
Metal and glass
Overall: 2 9/16 × 3 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (6.5 × 8.3 × 8.3 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionSimple lens with pivoting diaphragms.
Inscriptions Engraved in metal, front, BC: JAMIN Opticien 14 rue Chapon, Paris.

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